The UNEP RONA, UNEP’s Department of Environmental Policy Implementation (DEPI) and nationally-syndicated cartoonist Jim Toomey announced today the release of a new video on how communities can adapt to sea level rise.

The United Nations Environment Programme Regional Office for North America (UNEP RONA), UNEP’s Department of Environmental Policy Implementation (DEPI) and nationally-syndicated cartoonist Jim Toomey announced today the release of a new video on how communities can adapt to sea level rise.

UNEP's Keith Alverson says the world is moving ever closer to a binding agreement on mitigating greenhouse gas emissions on the journey to Paris 2015. UNEP will release several key reports at COP 20 in Lima.

UNEP's Keith Alverson says the world is moving ever closer to a binding agreement on mitigating greenhouse gas emissions on the journey to Paris 2015. UNEP will release several key reports at COP 20 in Lima.

On Saturday December 6, 2014, the UN Environment Programme launched its 'Adaptation Gap Report' at the UNFCCC COP-20 meeting.

On Saturday December 6, 2014, the UN Environment Programme launched its 'Adaptation Gap Report' at the UNFCCC COP-20 meeting. At its launch event, the authors and advisers of the report discussed the the report's findings, and global gaps in adaptation knowledge, finance, and technology. This video by IISD Reporting Services explores how the Report can inform policymakers and the UN climate negotiations.

Keith Alverson, Chief of Climate Change Adaptation and Terrestrial Ecosystems at UNEP talks about the organisation’s work on climate change "Understanding the multiple benefits of ecosystem-based adaptation"

COP18 (27/11/12) – Keith Alverson, Chief of Climate Change Adaptation and Terrestrial Ecosystems at UNEP talks about the organisation’s work on climate change adaptation. He talks about several of the projects UNEP has focused on adaptation including their Global Adaptation Network which aims to assist countries to share best practices and their work assisting countries to attain funding for adaptation. He also talks about the importance of ecosystem-based adaptation and the role it can play in increasing the effectiveness of some of the more concrete adaptation methods – such as dams or sea walls.

He says it is important that they don’t parachute projects into a country and that they work within a community to ensure the multiple benefits of such methods. He uses the example of growing mangroves which would not only help build resilience to storm surges but also allow for communities to get access to firewood and even produce honey. -

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